HELP overclocking a celery 733...

[Joshua]

I got a good deal on a celeron 733/retail boxed version and I wanted to know if anybody has overclocked these ones. I know the 633s were fairly successful. What is a good motherboard with enough settings at a decent price for this? Is the BX series chipset still the king of celeron overclocking or should I save money and go with the apollo pro a from VIA? This is just going to be a second machine for me so I wanna have some fun with it. Any input appreciated.
JB

[djurom]

Sorry to disappoint you but Celeron 733 cannot be overclocked very well because of his very high multiplier. You will be able to get it @75MHz FSB with stability but beyond that is a very big Q. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[This message has been edited by djurom (edited 02-26-2001).]

[Comtech]

Stick with an Abit or Asus (P3B-F) (BX chipset), and it will overclock.
If it's a 1.5v model, bump it to 1.7v then get the FSB to 100, and you'll fly. If it's a 1.65 or 1.7v model, get it up to 1.9 or 2.0 v and you should still be fine.
Don't use the stock cooling for it though, it's time for a GOOD fan/hs (and NOT the "Orb" either, they rated second worst of the 10 most popular ones.
Check out www.step-thermodynamics.com (http://www.step-thermodynamics.com)

[djurom]

This is all in theory. You may be just one of the unlucky ones that won't o/c no matter what. I have Celery 700 and I had to change 4 mobos to get 1GIG!